HMS Ballinderry (K255)

HMS Ballinderry was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy which served during the Second World War.

Ballinderry was ordered 20 June 1941 as part of the River-class building programme. The vessel was laid down on 6 November 1941 by Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd at Blyth and launched 7 December 1942.

War service
After commissioning and trials, Ballinderry conducted work up exercises at Tobermory before commencing operations as a convoy escort. On 10 January 1945, Ballinderry, along with HMS Kilbirnie, rescued 50 survivors from the British Merchant vessel Blackheath that had been torpedoed and damaged by GS U-870, west of Gibraltar.

Postwar service
Ballinderry was reduced to reserve at Harwich in 1947. The ship was refitted at Liverpool in 1951, before returning to reserve at Harwich, where she remained until 1954. In 1955, Ballinderry, still in reserve, moved to Barry in Wales. On 7 July 1961 the frigate was sold to Thos. W. Ward for scrapping at their Barrow breaking yard.